The 'IT' news has been full of speculation as to the possible security risk posed to the national security of some countries, by using Blackberry services.
Every single email that is sent to and from a Blackberry Handset, at some time in its life, travels via the Blackberry Servers, provided by the manufacturers called RIM (Research In Motion).
The reason given for looking at banning Blackberry services (including email and messenger) is because potentially confidential information is routed out of the country of origin, before delivery to the intended recipient.
Some Governments are looking at this as a risk that does not need to be taken, so much so the UAE will be banning these services from October 11th 2010.
The interesting thing about this is that whenever anyone discusses the best, high security way for business, from big to small, to provide email services on the move in the most secure way, the answer is Blackberry!
In relation to many services, Blackberry has the most security and control possible over the user's handsets. It is possible to execute many commands to a Blackberry handset, including blocks on lost or stolen handsets, installing new applications, setting up (provisioning) new handsets, as well as tracking all emails sent and even viewing text messages. All communications between a Blackberry and the servers the information travels through is highly encrypted.
So is it that the governments are unhappy with the security, or is it more likely that they are unhappy with not being able to break the security?
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